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Genre: Timeline

April 29, 1911 
Massachusetts becomes first state to ban cannabis

August 2, 1937
 FDR signs federal legislation that bans cannabis use, cultivation (including hemp), and sale

1943
 Medicine derived from cannabis is deemed illegal; doctors can no longer prescribe cannabis-based products

1969 Controlled Substances Act created

1970 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) created

1971
 First political pro-reform conference, the First People’s Pot Conference, convened by NORML in Washington, D.C.

1973
 Oregon becomes the first state to pass cannabis decriminalization legislation

1975
 Robert Randall of Washington, D.C. become first legal medical cannabis patient ever in the USA

1976 
President Jimmy Carter sends a statement to Congress on August 3 asking them to decriminalize cannabis possession in America for adults

1980
 President Reagan gets elected and revokes decriminalization laws that are in effect in AK, OR, CA, CO, NE, MN, MS, OH, NC, NY and ME

1988
 DEA administrative law judge Francis Young rules in favor of legalizing cannabis medicines

1991
 San Francisco becomes the first city to pass an ordinance in favor of medical marijuana

1998-2011 
16 states pass medical cannabis initiatives & legislation

2012 Washington & Colorado legalize recreational use of marijuana

Characteristics:
• Facts in chronological order
• Accompanying dates/years
• Summaries of events

Criteria:
• Simple present tense
• Phrases, not sentences
• Easy-to-read format

Examples:
1. http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/14-american-history-timeline.htm
2. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/
3. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306